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Egypt’s military said Sunday it has killed 89 suspected insurgents in operations in North Sinai, a region where an affiliate of ISIS has been active for nearly a decade. “Amid ongoing efforts in pursuing and defeating terrorist elements… during the previous period, the armed forces… carried out operations that killed …

Egypt on Sunday claimed it had killed 89 people who were “suspected of being part of the ISIS group in the northern Sinai.” An Egyptian spokesman said it was part of the intent to “pursue and defeat terrorist elements.” The army spokesman also read a list of arms that had …

Egypt’s parliament approved a new draft law to allow the nondisciplinary dismissal, or dismissal without judicial procedures, of public servants who are affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. University presidents in Egypt intend to prepare lists of employees who ostensibly belong to the Muslim Brotherhood and other designated terrorist groups to …

Guerilla fighters from the Islamic State group attacked a checkpoint in the northern Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, killing at least five Egyptian troops, government officials said. At least six other Egyptian security personnel were wounded in the attack, which took place in the town of Sheikh Zuweid, a Bedouin town …

Si le président Kaïs Saïed a bénéficié du soutien populaire, son incapacité à répondre aux demandes sociales qu’il a encouragées pourrait l’entraîner vers une dérive autoritaire, analyse l’historienne et politiste Sophie Bessis dans une tribune au « Monde ». Est-ce dû à la centralité de l’idée constitutionnelle dans son histoire …

Growing countrywide protests over quality-of-life issues, including worsening health and the economic crises, have upended Tunisia’s political system. Tunisia has been ravaged by COVID-19, its healthcare system besieged by the scale and scope of the pandemic. A lackluster vaccination campaign outraged Tunisians and led to the dismissal last week of …

In 2015, terrorists bombed a bus carrying more than 50 policemen The Damanhur Criminal court sentenced on Thursday 16 people to death for bombing a police bus in 2015 in Beheira governorate. Ten of the defendants attended the trial while the others were sentenced in absentia. According to the State …

On July 25, 2021, Tunisian President Kais Saied dismissed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi, froze the parliament, suspended the legal immunity of parliament members and took control of the general prosecutor’s office. He warned against any armed response to his actions: “Whoever shoots a bullet, the armed forces will respond with …

Tunisian President Kais Saied’s opponents and international commentators more familiar with Egypt have been quick to condemn what they are calling a “coup.” In addition to the need to assess the Tunisian situation on its own unique terms, it may be useful to set aside legalistic and political science taxonomy …

Ridha Gharsallaoui’s appointment as interior minister comes days after the Tunisian president suspended parliament and fired his prime minister. Tunisian President Kais Saied has appointed Ridha Gharsallaoui to oversee the country’s Interior Ministry amid a political crisis that his critics describe as a coup. The naming of Gharsallaoui, a former …